May 17, 2006

Oh no! More hand-picked free games.

The last time I presented you with my favorite free games, I strived to achieve collage-perfection. This time I tried something easier. Photo-manipulation, using the most advanced digital tools. You can see the results on the nice hand-crafted (ahem) pic, that's right above this paragraph. But, I digress. Nobody is here to read about my artistic and/or technical endeavors. You are all here for the games.

Well, the games that made it to this list, were carefully hand-picked in my rather picturesque cyber-garden. They are not shareware titles, trials or mods. They are all full free (100% legal) games, and each and every one of them has given me at least a few hours of clean-godly-gnomish fun. (America's Army is not included, and no matter how many of you moan, it will never be. I hate this game). Well, without further ado then, on to the list...

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Cholo is an EXCELLENT pick. I'm not familiar with the C=64 original, but I fell in love with the whole retro/wireframe/hacking style of the remake. Also, it reminded me somewhat of the classic Tau Ceti for the Spectrum.

Sad to say then that the Cholo remake is one of the few games that make me motion-sick, meaning I can't play it for more than 10 mins at a time. Which for all practical purposes means "at all" :(

Cave story requires more recognition. It is a masterpiece of free gaming!!

Also, I assume you are counting abandonware as free games(you've got hidden and dangerous on the list)- so there are a multitude of other games but if I had to pick 2- Ultima VII (best in the series) and Loom. 2 absolutely awesome games, check them out!!

Oh, and you 're right about Cave Story, but H&D is not abandonware. It's been released as freeware (as every game on my lists). As for Loom 2, I might try it. Let's hope it respects the (breathtaking) original...

Not counting free flash games (Desktop Defender for instance) you overlook one of the greatest games ever: Star Control 2 (PC/3D0). The title is under Accolade (and Parent Company) control so the original creators have given us "Ur Quan Masters" (sc2.sourceforge.net).

This is a kicking top-down 1-on-1 space shooter in the vein of Escape Velocity (an open source game IIRC), with hundreds of planets to explore, dozens of species to interact with, and comes with a VS mode as well.

Not counting free flash games (Desktop Defender for instance) you overlook one of the greatest games ever: Star Control 2 (PC/3D0). The title is under Accolade (and Parent Company) control so the original creators have given us "Ur Quan Masters" (sc2.sourceforge.net).

This is a kicking top-down 1-on-1 space shooter in the vein of Escape Velocity (an open source game IIRC), with hundreds of planets to explore, dozens of species to interact with, and comes with a VS mode as well.

Just wanted to add some of my favorites:SUAVE: Fun Arcade 3D tank game now free(~5MB)!http://www.blinken.com/suave.php

Wild Metal (Country?)(~100MB) A very good 3D Tank game developed by Rockstar but now available for free! It has a tricky control system that allows you to control the the left and the right track independently.